Saif Osmani of the Bengali East End Heritage Society said Cockney has an extremely rich heritage of up to 600 years of history, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service. He told a full ...

If they were Scousers they’d be “made up”; from the Black Country they’d be “bostin”. But researchers from the University of Leeds are naturally “well chuffed” to receive a £460,000 grant to examine ...

Alfie and Kat from the BBC soap, Eastenders. Yvonne and Alice discuss a type of English called Cockney that some people speak in East London. In this programme, they listen to some examples of Cockney ...

The unofficial ‘Speak Cockney Day’ is just around the corner, meaning you don’t have much time to brush up on your London slang. Aligning with the Modern Cockney Festival, which takes place throughout ...

At one cash machine in East London, you'll have to know a bit of cockney to get money for your pocket, or "moolah for ya sky rocket." The cockney dialect employs rhyming slang, which changes a common ...

The Language Gallery teams up with YouTube sensation"Korean Billy" to launch worldwide contest Students from around the world will have the opportunity to come to London and boost their English skills ...

A group of east Londoners have called for Cockney to be recognised as an official language. Multi-cultural group Cockney Culture launched a petition that called on Tower Hamlets council to help ...